AI;DR - This blog post and the script it describes were developed with significant help from Claude. If you don't want to read "AI slop", stop reading now. Some Android settings screens are buried several taps deep, and the one I reach for most often, the WiFi hotspot / tethering toggle, is a particularly annoying … Continue reading build-settings-shortcut.sh: One-Tap Android Settings Shortcuts, Built From a Single Bash Script
Category: Android
build-webview-app.sh: Turning Any URL into an Android App, No Root Required
AI;DR - This blog post and the script it describes were developed with significant help from Claude. If you don't want to read "AI slop", stop reading now. Edit: I just realized that neither was the script content part of the blog post nor did I provide a download link to it or the dummzeuch-blog.apk. … Continue reading build-webview-app.sh: Turning Any URL into an Android App, No Root Required
Dimming the charging LED on the Motorola G7 Power (LineageOS)
AI;DR - This blog post was mostly generated by Claude (via Claude Code), as was the script which is described here. If you don't want to read "AI slop", stop reading now. One small thing about my Motorola G7 Power (codename ocean) had been bugging me ever since I put LineageOS on it: the little … Continue reading Dimming the charging LED on the Motorola G7 Power (LineageOS)
Building an Android APK on a Linux Box, No Root Required
AI;DR - This blog post was mostly generated by Claude (via Claude Code) as was the app which is described here. If you don't want to read "AI slop", stop reading now. First some background: I did not start with the idea that I wanted to create an Android App. The real reason I did … Continue reading Building an Android APK on a Linux Box, No Root Required
Delta Chat is now available in Google Play
Delta Chat, a chat program that uses e-mail as the transport protocol and supports end to end encryption, is now available in the beta channel of Google Play. If you are already using an older version, you will have to backup your data, uninstall it, install the new version and import the data. This worked … Continue reading Delta Chat is now available in Google Play
DeltaChat Messenger
DeltaChat is a messenger that uses email as the transport medium, so potentially almost everybody already has an account for it. Today, they announced a new release, not only for the existing Android app but also for Desktop (Mac and Linux only so far) and iOS. I think that is a very interesting project since … Continue reading DeltaChat Messenger
USB tethering a OnePlus One phone to Windows XP
For whatever reason my old Windows XP netbook doesn't connect to our holiday flat's WIFI while my OnePlus One Android phone does. So I thought I'd simply tether it to the Netbook via USB to get around this problem. I tried that before with other phones and other computers and don't remember ever having a … Continue reading USB tethering a OnePlus One phone to Windows XP
SyncThing for Android
I blogged about SyncThing before, when BitTorrentSync started to annoy the hell out of me. SyncThing is an open source tool for synchronizing directory trees between different devices without requiring a cloud service (it needs a discovery server though in order to actually find these devices). There is also an Android app for it as … Continue reading SyncThing for Android
Denkzettel a simple note taking program
Denkzettel is a simple Android app by Silvio Schurig for writing notes as text files and organizing them into categories (= subdirectories) on an Android smart phone. It can also use these files as check lists. In contrast to most other apps of this type it does not integrate into an online service. The data … Continue reading Denkzettel a simple note taking program
If your OnePlus One won’t turn on but only vibrates
Note to self: If your OnePlus One smartphone won't turn on but only vibrates for a short time when you press the power button, that probably means the battery is dead. If it has already been on the charger for some time, make sure that you didn't plug the charging cable upside down into the … Continue reading If your OnePlus One won’t turn on but only vibrates